Xena Lab Test

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The Xena Networks test platform is well suited for validation of hardware performance and negative testing in development environments. The new class of pricing structure enables the realization of large port count test beds at a fraction of the cost of existing test solutions. Historically, equipment manufacturers have complemented commercial test platforms with internally built PC/FPGA platforms, now ideally suited to be replaced with Xena Networks.

For lower capacity network appliances with 1 or 2 ports of GigE or 10-GigE, a single 1U Xena test system provides a complete test platform for wire speed test load generation and analysis. Key features include wire-speed traffic generation and analysis, a GUI framework, an open TCP/IP scripting protocol, and seamless integration with L4-7 test software and applications.

Functional and negative testing

The Xena test platform has a rich set of features specifically designed for wire-speed testing hardware interfaces and for performing negative testing, making it ideally suited for the test needs of hardware test engineers

* High-precision synchronization of traffic generation across test ports (20 ns)

* Specify invalid packet sizes, IFG, and checksums

* Randomize packet fields, packet payloads and packet lengths for truly randomized packet generation and measurement

* Send precise numbers of packets

* Built in wire-speed capture in conjunction with event triggering

* Specify transmit lengths at L2 or L3

* Specify packet inter-departure times and burst profiles